It was a cool spring evening as the guests arrived one by one at Lord White’s home in Zausberg. Lumi White met each guest at the door with a smile on her face. The slumber party had been her idea and she was anxious to make it memorable. First to arrive was Raessa, princess of Baghdad. “Woooo!” She cried, fists raised above her head, a small satchel swinging from one fist. Lumi jumped at the exuberant princess. “I’ve been looking forward to this all week!” “Thank you for coming, Princess Raessa,” Lumi said. “Oh, pish posh on the ‘princess’,” Raessa said as she swept by Lumi into the house, “What a lovely home!” “Thank you.” There was a knock on the door as Lumi directed Raessa to the front room. Lumi turned to the door and let in…
Category: Lucha
A woman with a mysterious past is drawn into the Jack the Ripper investigation.
Impossible Interview: A Chat With Jack the Ripper
As I sit here in the interview room I admit to a certain trepidation. This new technology that allows us to pluck a person from the past and project a holographic version of them before us is perfectly safe. Yet, the person I await is infamous, perhaps one of the most infamous people in history,…
Lucha – Life in Victorian London
London. 1888. The center of the largest empire the world had ever saw. Reports of the murders of Jack the Ripper fill the newspapers. Set against a backdrop of deep disparity between the classes and hypocritical morality London at the time was a place of great wonders and dark evil. It’s this city of contrasts…
Is That a Fox?
The Wolf in Lucha and the Wolf Readers of Lucha have expressed their confusion about the appearance of the wolf. “It looks like a fox,” they say, “not a wolf. What’s up with that?” It’s simple. It’s not a fox. It’s a maned wolf. “What’s a maned wolf?” I hear you saying. Well. let me…
Feral Children: Born to Be Wild
Raised by Animals Stories of children raised by animals have been with us for millennia, from legends and myths to actual documented cases. We’re all familiar with Tarzan and Mowgli but the topic is far more involved. Myths and Legends Surprisingly there are few myths that deal with feral children with one important exception. Going…